Previous strips established that Lawrence strongly suspected Connie knew all along about Elly's time-games, and that she was merely pretending to not know because this time she was hoping he wouldn't grow up gay.

That said, finding out his mom also wants him to endure physical agony has gotta be a real bitch.

I don't think it's that Connie wants Lawrence to break his legs, it's that she's resigned to it.

Maybe part of Lawrence's opened mouth is that he now knows that Connie knows. The question is, what side is Connie on? After all, knowing what you're going through means you'll be able to enjoy it better if you have SOME ability to do stuff differently...and if she's still doin' John, she's obviously enjoying her trip back in time.

I actually scripted a couple of weeks' worth of strips where Lawrence and Connie discuss all this, but I decided that was too much infodump and generally too much all at once... I want to develop this but still respond to whatever is going on in the strip, so I'll need to go bit more slowly. :)